Purim 2016

March 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 13 -8 years, -8 months, -9 days or -3176 days 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Thursday March 17 -8 years, -8 months, -5 days or -3172 days 18 19 20 Palm Sunday Sunday March 20 -8 years, -8 months, -2 days or -3169 days 21 22 23 Purim Wednesday March 23 -8 years, -7 months, -30 days or -3166 days 24 25 Good Friday Friday March 25 -8 years, -7 months, -28 days or -3164 days 26 27 Easter Sunday March 27 -8 years, -7 months, -26 days or -3162 days 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 22 ending at sundown on Wednesday, March 23.

Purim is celebrated on the 14th day in the month Adar using the Jewish calendar. For the Gregorian calendar the day falls in the months of February and March. The day commemorates back in the 4th century BC, when Jewish people were saved from a death decree according to the book of Esther.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Purim 2016

Wednesday, March 23rd is day number 83 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -7 months, -30 days until Purim 2016.